God’s People Saved
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to 1Shigionoth.Perhaps a highly emotional poetic form
2 LORD, I have aheard 1the report about You, and 2I was bafraid.LORD, crevive dYour work in the midst of the years,In the midst of the years make it known.In anger remember 3emercy.Or Your reportOr I am in awe, O LORD, of Your work; In the midst of the years revive it,Or compassionJob 42:5Ps 119:120; Jer 10:7Ps 71:20; 85:6Ps 44:1-8; Hab 1:5Num 14:19; 2 Sam 24:15-17; Is 54:8
3 God comes from aTeman,And the Holy One from Mount bParan.SelahHis csplendor covers the heavens,And the dearth is full of His praise.Jer 49:7; Amos 1:12; Obad 9Gen 21:21; Deut 33:2Ps 113:4; 148:13Ps 48:104 His aradiance is like the sunlight;He has rays flashing from His hand,And the hiding of His bmight is there.Ps 18:12Job 26:145 Before Him goes aplague,And bplague comes forth 1after Him.Lit at His feetEx 12:29, 30; Num 16:46-49Num 11:1-3; Ps 18:12, 136 He stood and caused the earth to shudder;He looked and acaused the nations to jump.Yes, the everlasting mountains were shattered,The ancient hills 1collapsed.His paths are beverlasting.Lit coweredJob 21:18; Ps 35:5Hab 1:127 I saw the tents of Cushan under adistress,The tent curtains of the land of bMidian were trembling.Ex 15:14-16Num 31:7, 8; Judg 7:24, 25; 8:12
8 Did the LORD rage against the arivers,Or was Your anger against the rivers,Or was Your rage against the bsea,That You crode on Your horses,On Your dchariots of salvation?Ex 7:19, 20; Josh 3:16; Is 50:2Ex 14:16, 21; Ps 114:3, 5Deut 33:26; Ps 18:10; Hab 3:15Ps 68:179 You removed Your abow from its holder,The arrows of Your word were 1sworn.SelahYou bdivided the earth with rivers.Lit oathsPs 7:12, 13; Hab 3:11Ps 78:16; 105:4110 The mountains saw You and quaked;The downpour of waters swept by.The deep araised its voice,It lifted high its hands.Ps 93:3; 98:7, 811 aSun and moon stood in their lofty places;They went away at the blight of Your arrows,At the radiance of Your flashing spear.Josh 10:12-14Ps 18:1412 In indignation You amarched through the earth;In anger You 1btrampled the nations.Or threshedPs 68:7Is 41:15; Jer 51:33; Mic 4:1313 You went forth for the asalvation of Your people,For the salvation of Your banointed.You smashed the chead of the house of evilTo uncover him from 1foot to neck.SelahLit baseEx 15:2; 2 Sam 5:20; Ps 68:19, 20Ps 20:6; 28:8Ps 68:21; 110:614 You pierced with his aown 1arrowsThe head of his 2leaders.They bstormed in to scatter 3us;Their arrogance was like thoseWho cdevour the oppressed in secret.Lit shaftsOr villagersLit meJudg 7:22Dan 11:40; Zech 9:14Ps 10:8; 64:2-515 You atrampled on the sea with Your horses,On the bfoam of many waters.Ps 77:19; Hab 3:8Ex 15:8
16 I heard, and my 1inner parts atrembled;At the sound, my lips quivered.Decay enters my bbones,And in my place I tremble;Because I 2must cwait quietly for the day of distress,3For the dpeople to arise who will attack us.Lit bellyOr sigh forOr To come upon the people who willDan 10:8; Hab 3:2Job 30:17, 30; Jer 23:9Luke 21:19Jer 5:1517 Even if the afig tree does not blossom,And there is no 1fruit on the vines,If the yield of the bolive fails,And the fields produce no food,Even if the cflock disappears from the fold,And there are dno cattle in the stalls,Lit produceJoel 1:10-12; Amos 4:9; 2 Cor 4:8, 9Mic 6:15Joel 1:18Jer 5:1718 Yet I will atriumph in the LORD,I will brejoice in the cGod of my salvation.Ex 15:1, 2; Job 13:15; Is 61:10; Rom 5:2, 3Ps 46:1-5; Phil 4:4Ps 25:5; 27:1; Is 12:219 The Lord 1GOD is my astrength,And bHe has made my feet like deer’s feet,And has me walk on my chigh places.For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORDPs 18:32, 33; 27:1; 46:1; Is 45:242 Sam 22:34Deut 33:29